Wrawl
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɹɔːl/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Wrawl is a verb meaning (obsolete, intransitive) To cry like a cat; to waul.
Meaning
(obsolete, intransitive) To cry like a cat; to waul.
Example Sentences
The fog horns groaned and groaned again, and siren whistled and wrawled.
Such successours [of Peter] yben to bolde, In winning all ther witte thei wral.
Some were of dogs, that barked day and night, And some of cats, that wrawling still did cry.
Howbeit, crying and wrawling as like as possibly might be to an infant new come into the world.
Word Forms
- wrawls
- wrawling
- wrawled
Synonyms for wrawl
Depending on context, synonyms include howl, yammer, yowl.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include howl, yowl, yammer, waul, wawl, caterwaul.
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